Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KUWAIT5074
2005-12-11 07:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT WITHDRAWS RESERVATION REGARDING UN
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 005074
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND NEA/PI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KDEM KWMN KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT WITHDRAWS RESERVATION REGARDING UN
CONVENTION ON ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Local English language daily The Arab Times reported that
Ambassador Nabila Al-Mulla, Kuwaiti Permanent Representative
to the UN notified UN SYG Kofi Annan on December 10 that the
GOK had withdrawn its reservation to article 7(a) of the UN
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW) on women's political rights. On May
16, 2005, Parliament approved legislation granting suffrage
to Kuwaiti women.
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